Can I play The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth on PC, Mac or Linux?

The original release already runs natively on Windows. There is no known port for macOS and Linux yet. Windows builds can run on Linux through Wine or Proton, but that is not a native port.

Is anyone working on a port of The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth?

Nobody has published one on RecompHub yet. Games people want that still have no port are listed under What to work on next.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth: native ports & recompilations

PC (Microsoft Windows)2004by EA Los Angeles

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About

The players control the heroes or villians from the famous Lord of The Rings movies. With a hero characters similar to the Warcraft series you control both the armies and all the unique heroes. The game follows the movies very closely and even got scenes from the films appear in game. Not only does the game contain a giant campaign where you play through the journey of the ring as the good side, the game also features an evil campaign where as the players play as the evil forces of Middle Earth. With multiple diffrent races from all over Middle Earth, a giant spell tree to customize your game and a unique basebuilding layout the game was great for its time.

Frequently asked questions

Can I play The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth on PC, Mac or Linux?: The original release already runs natively on Windows. There is no known port for macOS and Linux yet. Windows builds can run on Linux through Wine or Proton, but that is not a native port.
Is anyone working on a port of The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth?: Nobody has published one on RecompHub yet. Games people want that still have no port are listed under What to work on next.